For years, Maryland has participated in celebrating National Oyster Day on Aug. 5. Although many gastronomists still encourage oyster consumption in months that end in “R,” this rule has become more ...

The effort was led by Sink Your Shucks and the Harte Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. They’re rebuilding ...

Seafood and coastal dining are a given in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. From blue crab, Lowcountry boils and she-crab soup, the options are almost endless. But one item on the menu serves more than ...

Oyster shells are not garbage. That is the message from conservation groups, which say people have been recycling shells along U.S. coastlines for generations. Today's recycling efforts are highly ...

We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the world's oyster reefs are gone. Many fisheries are collapsing, and those in ...

Planning is underway to select locations for up to six restored oyster reefs in bays of the Mission-Aransas Estuary. Project partners are currently considering public feedback, including insights ...

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation had volunteers from the Back Country Hunters and Anglers Armed Forces Initiative out to their Shady Side site to clean and load oyster shells into cages to be used to ...

South Australians are suddenly hearing a lot about oyster reefs—from government, on the news and in conversations, both online and in person. It's not accidental.

EFFORTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY. A CEREMONIAL CAGE DROP LAUNCHED THE START OF THE OYSTER GARDENING SEASON IN THE BALTIMORE HARBOR, BUT THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. WE’RE ABOUT TO SEE MORE OYSTERS GROWN ...